Date: Monday 14 February 2011
Time: 6.30-8.15pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Edward Hugh
Chair: Professor Luis Garicano

UPDATE Thursday 3 February 1.05pm: Due to unforeseen circumstances this lecture's title previously entitled 'Spanish Multinationals in the Run-Up to the Crisis' has now been changed and the previously scheduled speakers Mauro Guillen and Emilio Ontiveros will no longer be speaking. The organiser apologises for any inconvenience this may cause.

A surprising feature of economic analysis of the current crisis has been the pivotal role played by a small number of bloggers, often positioned far from the academic mainstream. This event will feature one of the top bloggers on the Euro Crisis who will discuss the role the bloggers have played in our understanding of the current Euro Crisis, and in what ways having more data in our hard drive than the sum total of all previous economists changes our understanding of macroeconomics.

Edward Hugh is an independent macro economist based in Barcelona. He studied at the LSE, where he obtained his BSc (econ). He then went to Manchester University where he was awarded an MSc in the philosophy and sociology of science. He subsequently persued doctoral studies there for a thesis which was never completed.
He is a regular contributor to a number of weblogs, including A Fistful of Euros, Roubini Global Economics Monitor, Global Economy Matters and Demography Matters. He also has an active and widely followed Facebook community. For more information on Edward Hugh see the recent profile in the New York Times.

Luis Garicano is a Professor of Economics and Strategy at the LSE's departments of Management and Economics.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email l.garicano@lse.ac.uk.

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